_ Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations: António Guterres
_ Dear Heads of State of the European Union
_ Members of the European Union Parliament
_ International organizations concerned with childhood issues
_ UN organizations interested in human rights issues
_ Gentlemen with human consciences in the world

Gentlemen

We address you with this urgent legal memorandum, based on the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights, and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and on the peremptory principles of international humanitarian law that prohibit collective punishment and targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
First:
The siege is a crime of collective punishment. For more than twenty days, the city of Kobani and ist countryside have been subjected to a comprehensive and systematic siege, which has resulted in the lack of water, electricity, communications and fuel, and the depletion of food, medical supplies and infant formula, in very harsh climatic conditions.This siege can only be described as collective punishment against more than four hundred thousand civilians, an act expressly prohibited under Article (33) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and constitutes an internationally accountable crime.
Second:
Deliberately causing a health disaster and epidemics as a result of the siege, water outages, and the population density within the city of Kobani nearly doubling due to the displacement of residents of more than a hundred villages from the countryside, the carrying capacity of the infrastructure collapsed. This has led to sewage leaking into drinking water wells, causing contamination and poisoning cases for nearly 500 civilians to date, with a real and imminent risk of widespread epidemics.
Deliberate or gross negligence leading to the spread of diseases among the civilian population is a grave violation of international humanitarian law.
Third:
Paralysis of the health sector and threat to the right to life. Hospitals and health centers suffer from a severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies, and an inability to provide basic ambulance services.The catastrophe threatening premature babies is particularly striking due to the lack of electricity and oxygen, along with the grave risks facing pregnant women, which constitutes a direct violation of the right to life and health, as guaranteed by international human rights law.
Fourth:
Organized looting and destruction of livelihoods. Documented facts indicate that, from the earliest days, armed factions affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government have carried out widespread looting of private and public property in the villages they entered, in clear violation of the prohibition on looting and plunder enshrined in international humanitarian law.These violations affected Kurdish villages located in the eastern and southeastern countryside of the city of Kobani, including, but not limited to:

Jalabiya, the ruin of your big nest, the ruin of your small nest, Kawkibta Fawqani, Kawkibta Tahtani, Abu Sarra, Saluka, Yadi Qawi (Seven Jafar), Hama Topk, Bishk, Kuli Kati, the ruin of Sarong, Safriya, Kojakmit, Damrajak Sharqi, Damrajak Gharbi, Mazghna, H Jaki, Kharbi Kojak, Karak Kitkan, Balk, Munif, Hamdoun Gharbi, Hamdoun Sharqi, Bardagh, Tuzlja, Tawqli, Darfleet, Birk, Menk, Barjo, Mel, Gil, Aber, Sharabaniya, Hamak, Bir Jaroud, Bir Kor, Gortank, Bir Afdo, Be Aftar Al Sharq, Jakhur Gharbi, Jakhr Sharqi, Darb Taht, Qantara, Marsar, Khan Mamad, Khwaidan, Nulak, Jogan, Qulan Sharqi, Qulan Gharbi, Bir Nasser, Kah Bar Raban, Zanari Qul, Dafi, Nour Ali, Kharab Barkir, Qarat Kurd, Eido village, Asadiya, Omerk, Mil, Og Qardash, Bougha, Sheikh Qamar, Khank Afdo, Qolnak, Birkhat, Qalhadid.

We confirm that this list is documented to date, and represents only the Kurdish villages in the eastern and southeastern countryside of Kobani, while we have not yet received documented reports on the western side.
Fifth:
Legal adaptation of violations The above-mentioned acts, taken together or individually, amount to:
1= War crimes
2= Collective punishment crimes
3= Serious violations of the Geneva Conventions
4= Acts that may fall within crimes against humanity if their systematic pattern continues
Sixth:
Urgent Legal Demands Based on the above, we request the following:
_ Take immediate and concrete measures to unconditionally lift the siege imposed on the city of Kobani and ist countryside.According to the agreement of January 29, 2026.
_ Ensure the urgent and unconditional entry of humanitarian, medical and food aid.
_ Sending independent international fact-finding missions and opening transparent legal investigations to hold those responsible for these violations accountable.
_ Exercising direct political and legal pressure to stop looting and destruction of property and restore the reputation of affected civilians.
_ Enabling international media to reach the city to monitor the facts on the ground.
The continued international silence regarding the events in Kobani not only constitutes a moral failure, but also amounts to a legal failure to protect, and places the entire international justice system under historic accountability.

Kurdish Lawyers Union
Please accept my highest respect
Bonn, Germany
9_2_2026